Welcome to Guardian Angel Shepherds! Join us on our journey of breeding, training and caring for our four legged family. Be prepared to laugh, and sometimes cry, with us. You never know what's going to happen next when you live with a pack of German Shepherds! And oh my! The puppies are SO CUTE!
Monday, 17 December 2012
Puppies!
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
Indy's Crew
I know this looks upside down. Sorry about that. I was standing behind her when I took the picture.
Can you imagine all those little squirmy things inside her stomach! Poor Indy! All pups and Mom are continuing to do well, however I have decided to bottle feed as a supplement to what Indy is producing. After all, there's only 8 "spigots"! It will take a lot of stress off Indy if I help her out. It takes 1 hour 45 minutes to feed them all! Part of the reason for that length of time is because they all have to be burped after eating! Did you know that? And most of them don't particularly like it so it's like burping a gyroscope!
Sorry about the dirty pads. It is impossible to keep things clean at this point. Indy has a large amount of discharge at this point so all I can do is change pads every hour or so. 4 pads X 1 hour. That works out to 96 pads a day! I don't actually change them every hour at night. Midnight is my last hourly change, then 4:00AM, then 7:00AM, then hourly again. That still works out to roughly 80 pads a day. That's a lot of laundry!
10 PUPPIES! Can you believe it!!
No pictures or details for you yet. I've been up almost 24 hours. Mom and pups are doing well. Me? I think I've been hit by a freight train... but I'm happy. All is well at Guardian Angel Shepherds. I'll update everyone soon.
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Thankfully, with death comes life.
After Diesel's death a few weeks ago, things have been pretty down around here. The dogs pack howl more often, looking for their canine pack leader I go through fits of being sad, or being mad. It strikes me most at bedtime. That's when I give the dogs their vitamens, put them outside individually to do their business, and put all the dogs in their seperate beds. Diesel's bed was at the end of my bed. Now there's an expanse of floor I hadn't noticed before. I can't bear to have somebody else there yet. It's too soon.
But, with death comes life. I'm very happy to tell you that Indy is going to have a litter of pups! The father is Merlin and we're all very excited. The breeding didn't go as expected (there was no tie) so it's hard to give an exact date when the pups are due. Should be somewhere around December 15th. It will be a busy Christmas! I have a couple of spots available on the waiting list, so if the timing is right for you, now's the time to get your deposit in!
So when I get sad about my missing friend, I bury my head in Indy's belly. And it doesn't take long before I can feel wiggling beneath my face. And I start to smile.
But, with death comes life. I'm very happy to tell you that Indy is going to have a litter of pups! The father is Merlin and we're all very excited. The breeding didn't go as expected (there was no tie) so it's hard to give an exact date when the pups are due. Should be somewhere around December 15th. It will be a busy Christmas! I have a couple of spots available on the waiting list, so if the timing is right for you, now's the time to get your deposit in!
So when I get sad about my missing friend, I bury my head in Indy's belly. And it doesn't take long before I can feel wiggling beneath my face. And I start to smile.
Major Communications Problems
A quick post before I'm off to classes! I have been having major communcations problems since the middle of October. My hard drive died on my old computer. I had backed everything up so wasn't horribly upset. What I didn't realize was how much time it took to start up a new computer! All the software, programs, etc all needed to be loaded onto the new machine. I just managed to get it all up and running a few days ago and was starting to answer emails back dated to October! And guess what! My hard drive on my new computer is faulty and I have to start all over again! I am majorly PO'd! It's not like I have a lot of free time for this stuff! So here I go again! They are sending me a new hard drive to install myself. Oh the joys of technology!
Also, my Telus answering machine is telling me I have messages, but it won't play them. Telus swears it's working fine and that all these calls people have decided not to leave messages. I've had about 3 messages get through in all of November!!
So my point is, please keep trying if you have been trying to reach me! Don't give up on me! It's this stupid technology!!
k9trainer@dogwhisperer.ca (403)556-3635
Also, my Telus answering machine is telling me I have messages, but it won't play them. Telus swears it's working fine and that all these calls people have decided not to leave messages. I've had about 3 messages get through in all of November!!
So my point is, please keep trying if you have been trying to reach me! Don't give up on me! It's this stupid technology!!
k9trainer@dogwhisperer.ca (403)556-3635
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Tears Around The World
It is with great sadness I have to tell you that my beautiful Diesel is no longer with us. He went to a better place on November 6, 2012. It has taken this long before I could write about it.
Diesel was ever the escape artist. He was never happy when he had barriers. It's not that he wanted to go anywhere, he just didn't like looking through things. He ate himself out of more crates than I can count, but then would lie inside them after they were destroyed. He would jump out over the 6 foot chainlink but then survey his domain just 10 feet away from where he had just escaped. It was the principle of the thing I guess.
On November 4th, he decided to play Houdini Hound again and went out over the chainlink. I saw him lying out in the snow surveying, as usual. Not in the yard where he had TWO 4x8 foot dog houses with decks he could survey from! No, he was lying in the cold snow. I called him in and things were relatively normal that day except that I could see he was stiff from him escape manouver. But that was to be expected. After all, he was 9 1/2 years old and a little over weight. The following day, he had not recovered from his jump but didn't look any worse. He looked a little stiff going up and down the stairs but certainly not anything I was overly worried about. I did decide however, that if he was still stiff the next day, I'd take him to the vet. The next morning came and he didn't want to get up from the foot of the bed. For Diesel not to want to move, I knew it was serious. Next stop, the vet. With some coaxing, he got up and he seemed to get a little better after he'd moved around a little. He wanted to go outside with Isis to go pee, so I let them both out.
I proceeded to get my purse, keys, etc to get ready for the trip to the vet. When I had everything ready, I called the dogs in. Isis came, but no Diesel. I called again, but no sign of him. I went out into the yard and there he was, just lying there looking at me. I went over to give him a hand getting up. I was shocked to find out that he had no use of his back legs.
Luckily Mark was still here and he was able to carry him and put him in the back of my Jeep. The rest, you can figure out. The keyboard is soaked by my tears and I just don't want to keep typing. We did not do an autopsy so don't have a definite cause, however, I believe he must have twisted, or turned or landed wrong going over the fence and caused severe trauma to his spine. The vet couldn't believe he had been walking around the previous 2 days. But that was Diesel. The toughest dog in the world. Just like his father, Justice, before him. Pain was not in their vocabulary.
Damn! I can't even see the screen anymore. Some of you have asked if they could do anything for me. Yes, you can make a small donation to your local rescue or humane society in Diesel's name.
After my heart has healed a little more, I will make up a slide show of my best Diesel pictures and put them on the blog for everyone.
Diesel was ever the escape artist. He was never happy when he had barriers. It's not that he wanted to go anywhere, he just didn't like looking through things. He ate himself out of more crates than I can count, but then would lie inside them after they were destroyed. He would jump out over the 6 foot chainlink but then survey his domain just 10 feet away from where he had just escaped. It was the principle of the thing I guess.
On November 4th, he decided to play Houdini Hound again and went out over the chainlink. I saw him lying out in the snow surveying, as usual. Not in the yard where he had TWO 4x8 foot dog houses with decks he could survey from! No, he was lying in the cold snow. I called him in and things were relatively normal that day except that I could see he was stiff from him escape manouver. But that was to be expected. After all, he was 9 1/2 years old and a little over weight. The following day, he had not recovered from his jump but didn't look any worse. He looked a little stiff going up and down the stairs but certainly not anything I was overly worried about. I did decide however, that if he was still stiff the next day, I'd take him to the vet. The next morning came and he didn't want to get up from the foot of the bed. For Diesel not to want to move, I knew it was serious. Next stop, the vet. With some coaxing, he got up and he seemed to get a little better after he'd moved around a little. He wanted to go outside with Isis to go pee, so I let them both out.
I proceeded to get my purse, keys, etc to get ready for the trip to the vet. When I had everything ready, I called the dogs in. Isis came, but no Diesel. I called again, but no sign of him. I went out into the yard and there he was, just lying there looking at me. I went over to give him a hand getting up. I was shocked to find out that he had no use of his back legs.
Luckily Mark was still here and he was able to carry him and put him in the back of my Jeep. The rest, you can figure out. The keyboard is soaked by my tears and I just don't want to keep typing. We did not do an autopsy so don't have a definite cause, however, I believe he must have twisted, or turned or landed wrong going over the fence and caused severe trauma to his spine. The vet couldn't believe he had been walking around the previous 2 days. But that was Diesel. The toughest dog in the world. Just like his father, Justice, before him. Pain was not in their vocabulary.
After my heart has healed a little more, I will make up a slide show of my best Diesel pictures and put them on the blog for everyone.
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
A little privacy please!!
Saturday, 8 September 2012
It Makes Me Sad...
It makes me sad to see what has happened to the German Shepherd breed. I just received an email from someone who was looking for a puppy from German lines. I had to tell her that I didn't feel German lines fit into my breeding program anymore. Isn't that sad. Instead of explaining why, I'll show you in pictures instead. Seiger is the title give by the SV (German Shepherd Club of Germany). Seiger is the ultimate world champion male German Shepherd. Siegeren is the female version. A picture is worth a thousand words!
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| Sieger 1926 |
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| Guardian Angel's Diesel (retired stud) |
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| Seiger 2010 & 2011 |
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| First Sieger 1899 |
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| 1907 |
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| Guardian Angel's Isis (Czech Import) |
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